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ExoAnalytic Video Shows Telkom-1 Satellite Erupting Debris
Space.com ^ | September 3, 2017 08:36am ET | Caleb Henry, Space News |

Posted on 09/09/2017 5:36:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Ground-based observations of PT Telkom's 18-year old Telkom-1 satellite show a large cloud of debris generated the night the satellite lost contact with customers across Indonesia.

ExoAnalytic Solutions, a commercial space-situational-awareness company that employs a network of telescopes to track satellites and other orbital objects, recorded the event Aug. 25.

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ExoAnalytic Solutions uses a network of more than 160 optical telescopes to monitor the geostationary arc, a 36,000 kilometer-high belt around the Earth where most telecommunications satellites reside. Those telescopes can detect objects down to 0.4 meters in size, Hendrix said, and with post-processing, down to 10 centimeters.

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ExoAnalytic Solutions will need to perform additional observations, but preliminary data shows Telkom-1 did not collide with another object. The damage to the satellite appears severe, however.

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PT Telkom is offloading Telkom-1 customers to Telkom-2 and Telkom-3S as well an undisclosed number of satellites owned by other operators. Some 15,000 customer antennas — mostly VSATs — were pointed at Telkom-1 when the disruption occurred. PT Telkom is helping its customers repoint their dishes.

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Telkom-1 is at least the second debris-creating satellite ExoAnalytic Solutions has tracked in the past three months. In June, its telescope network tracked debris associated with the still-unexplained failure of AMC-9, a 14-year-old communications satellite that fleet operator SES was using to serve North America.

A minimum of four aging geostationary satellites have unexpectedly malfunctioned this summer. In addition to Telkom-1 and AMC-9, the 20-year-old EchoStar-3 failed in late July — right around the same time another SES satellite, the 19-year-old NSS-806, lost roughly a third of its transponders to an unexplained glitch.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: debris; exoanalytic; satellite; telkom1
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1 posted on 09/09/2017 5:36:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Video: https://youtu.be/4FXX1kSNljU


2 posted on 09/09/2017 5:37:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wait a minute. That initial cone of debris splashed outward like it was hit. Prototype killer satellites existed 40 over years ago. Is someone trying to get some applied practice?


3 posted on 09/09/2017 5:43:10 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: BenLurkin

Aliens.


4 posted on 09/09/2017 5:43:44 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: BenLurkin

So, did it explode or did something hit it?


5 posted on 09/09/2017 5:43:46 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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To: higgmeister

over 40 years ago


6 posted on 09/09/2017 5:43:49 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: BenLurkin

Lockheed bird.
Propellant tank failure?


7 posted on 09/09/2017 5:44:50 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: BenLurkin

Satellites don’t just explode on their own.

Had to be hit by something.


8 posted on 09/09/2017 5:45:05 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: 2111USMC

x-flare and cme.


9 posted on 09/09/2017 5:45:52 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (My analysis may not be as good as others.)
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To: BenLurkin

So, what’s the current best guess going atm?

Sh** happens or nefarious deed?

If someone wanted to target practice on satellites, picking a non military target from a country that can’t fight back would seem like a good idea.


10 posted on 09/09/2017 5:46:03 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: higgmeister

An internal explosion would cause an outward cone of debris.


11 posted on 09/09/2017 5:49:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Fai Mao

Trump was golfing again.


12 posted on 09/09/2017 5:49:34 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: higgmeister
Wait a minute. That initial cone of debris splashed outward like it was hit. Prototype killer satellites existed 40 over years ago. Is someone trying to get some applied practice?

My thought as well.

There is another satellite in the upper right corner, a killer sat, perhaps? Not difficult to draw a line between it and the origin of the debris cone.

13 posted on 09/09/2017 5:58:48 PM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
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To: BenLurkin

Battery explosion?


14 posted on 09/09/2017 6:00:15 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: BenLurkin

Telcom-1 and EchoStar-3 were both built by Lockheed Martin. Telcom-1 in Newtown, PA, can’t find where EchoStar-3 was built but wouldn’t be surprised if it had a similar provenance. AMC-9 was built by Alcatel.


15 posted on 09/09/2017 6:00:32 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Dump Flake)
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To: InABunkerUnderSF

Echostar-3 was another LockMar sat.


16 posted on 09/09/2017 6:06:37 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: MtnClimber

What type battery did Lockheed use? Anyone know?


17 posted on 09/09/2017 6:07:27 PM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: BenLurkin
The AMC-9 satellite visible from the USA had a similar anomaly in June.

http://spacenews.com/sess-amc-9-satellite-drifting-after-anomaly/

18 posted on 09/09/2017 6:09:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Rio
What type battery did Lockheed use? Anyone know?

Likely it was lithium ion.

19 posted on 09/09/2017 6:17:32 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: BenLurkin

The flare occurs 7-8 seconds after the video start.


20 posted on 09/09/2017 7:27:59 PM PDT by Thud
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